Which of the following statements regarding intelligence tests in schools is true?
A) Most experts feel that intelligence testing in schools should be mandatory.
B) Most experts feel that intelligence testing in schools should be suspended.
C) IQ scores have been found to be inaccurate measures of school learning potential for the majority of Western children.
D) Intelligence tests are useful when interpreted carefully by psychologists and educators who are sensitive to cultural influences on test performance.
D
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A. Inheritance B. Genetic quotient C. Heritability D. Exome
What is MOST critical to learning outcome expectancies?
A) conscientiousness B) openness to experience C) locus of control D) consequences of behaviour
Why is the Freudian psychodynamic perspective still relevant to modern personality psychology?
A. Empirical evidence continues to confirm the correctness of psychodynamic concepts. B. Psychodynamic concepts have been generative, pervasive, and comprehensive. C. Freud's writings have only recently attracted attention in mainstream psychology; they offer a fresh perspective on traditional theories. D. Psychodynamic theory guides most of the current theorizing in personality psychology.
Test validity refers to how
A. "deep" the depth of trait measurement is. B. well a test measures what it purports to measure. C. "true" the score is in terms of true score theory. D. rigorous the process of norming the test was.